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can a school.make you.put ur kid on adhd meds? UPDATE SPOKE WITH TEACHER

so my.6 yr old was on focalin from may of last year- 2 weeks ago due to him having bad side effects. his doctor recommended we discontinue so we did and we dont plan to start back. his teacher has been sending notes home he cant focus,he is acting bad ect. today she sent a note home she is havin problems with.his behavior and she needs to meet with us. im sure she wants him back.on meds. my husband says he is not putting him back on meds. can they make us?

UPDATE: so i.spoke with his teacher she said he is constantly in trouble,wont leave the other kids alone,cant focus,cant finish his work and if he keeps going like he is going he wont.pass kindergarden. against dh's wishes i made an appoinment for 9 am to bring him in to get put on something.else

There isn’t a specific diet or magic vitamin that will curb
hyperactivity, impulsiveness, and other symptoms of attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but steering clear of certain unhealthy
foods may make a difference, a new review shows.

Do some research. There are lots of food and vitamin/minerals that may help without stimulant drugs. Some ppl even use coffee. Some ppl stay away from artificial colors and preservatives. Educate yourself. read about the Feingold Diet. read a book you van get cheap on amazon called feeding the starving mind or something of that nature. I bought it and read it few months or more ago.

Go to sites online and read about tactiles and things they can do in the class. If you don't educate yourself you arent helping anything.

My son has an extremely mild case of ADHD. He basically used to chewup pencils and erasers and had his hands fiddling all the time and hummed constantly and moved his legs and feet and likes to talk out of turn. A lot . He is very sweet and gentile, friendly, and nice, never rude or mean. We do have him on Focalin XR 5 mg only on school days and also every day give him chewable probiotocs, miltivitamin with iron, a small dose magnesium suppliment and fish oil. It all has done wonders for him. And we don't do artificial colors like yellow 5, red lake , etc as much as possible. And we cook from scratch most of the time anyways so don't have processed and artificially preserved stuff that often. Go on Meetups.com or Google some parent support groups for ADHD and get a network who can direct you to the best help and serivices and give you advice and opinions to weigh. This all has been helping us immensly.

my son has adhd and odd and has iep and a meeting once a month or maybe longer it all depends has his days has been or if he been to cool down so many times in the month

and he 10 now and he been on off meds since the age of 5 right now he on 2 meds i dont what him on meds but like a year ago or so we was told not by the school by some one else if we didnt get my son back on meds that she would turn us in

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